Kagoshima, Kagoshima

Kagoshima is the capital of Kagoshima Prefecture, located on the western shore of Kagoshima Bay near the southern tip of Kyushu Island, at the southern end of Japan.

Persons who were born here

• Kanoe Chuma, author; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Youdai Enoshita, NPB pitcher
• Kentaro Fukukura, NPB pitcher
• Seizo Furukawa, NPB outfielder
• Hiroshi Kamizuru, NPB pitcher
• Shinichi Kawana, NPB outfielder
• Shinri Komine, NPB pitcher
• Hiroshi Motohigashi, NPB pitcher
• Masatoshi Nakahara, NPB infielder
• Hiromichi Nakamura, NPB umpire
• Yuji Ota, NPB outfielder
• Chiaki Sadaoka, NPB infielder
• Shoji Sadaoka, NPB pitcher
• Tetsuhisa Sadaoka, NPB outfielder
• Takashi Uchinokura, NPB infielder
• Kenji Yoshitsuru, NPB catcher

Educational establishments located here

• Kagoshima Commercial High School
• Kagoshima Gyokuryu High School
• Kagoshima High School
• Kagoshima Joho High School
• Kagoshima Technical High School
• Kagoshima University
• Konan High School
• Shonan High School
• The International University of Kagoshima
• Tsurumaru High School